The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-21
A CAVE OF GOLD AND GEMS.
4 story of Pcnnsylvanian's Find
Among the snow Mountains.

| A story of n PcnnsyIvanian's Find
Among the snow Mountains.
The L0raHtic boomerang publishes n
remarkable story of the career Of an
eccentric whose dead body was recently
found by party of hunters, writes a
Cheyenne correspondent Of The Phsto-
deiphia Press. 1t seems that ON the
northern border of the great National
park there has long lived man known
as ''rhc Wandcrer." lie has never had,
in the many years he has been known to
the hunters and trappers of the region.
any settled habitation, but has wander
ed backward and forward through the
Snow mountains, apparently ever on
the search for something. Scattered
through the mountains he had several
rude huts. in which he sojourned for
few days at time. only to take up
again the weary circle of his endless
search. BY the men of rifle and trap
he had long been considered crazy. and
the Indians of the section have evident-
! " thought the same of him.
The old man was recently found in
one of the numerous hating places by
party of hunters several days after
his wandcrings had ceased forever. An
examination of the papers on his per-
son showed that his had been mad
ness full of method and revealed y tale
before which the story of Ali Bahia and
the robbers cave paes into insignili-
canoe. The old man, whose name Was
asccrtained to be Arthur Bethany.
came TO the Snow mountains twenty
five years ago in the prime of yigor and
of a youthful manhood. A native of
Pennsylvania his youthful blood had
been fired by accounts of the great
west. and he had started to the new
country, joining hunting and eNplor-
ing party ut ST. Louis. The party
penetrated into Wyoming. passed
through the Big Horn basin. and in the
late fall of 1861 found themselves OF
the hcadwatcrs OF the Clarke fork of
the Yellowstone. Following up the
Clarke fork, they soon came TO the cam
yon of the stream and, entering it,pass-
ed through and came out among the
mountains in the confines of the great
National park Here they inaugurated
grand hunt among the mountain
game they found so plentiful. One day
Bethany wandered away from the
party in pursuit of II bear he had
wounded, and followed the trial into
the Snow mountains. In deep and
rocky gorge he ran his game to earth
and saw him enter an opening in the
side of the gorge On approaching the
opening he saw that il must lead into
a cavern of considerable extent. and at
once followed the game. He soon
found the bear. Just dead from its
wounds.
But where" says the writer in The
boomerang, Ibid he find it?" In the
midst of n scene of dazzling splendor.
The entire interior of the cavern was n
mass of virgin gold, studded with daz-
cling gems. From seams overhead
there came only small amount of
light and in the scmi-obscurity the
gems gave forth luminous rays. and the
pure ore filled the cavern with a golden
sheen. Scarcely able to believe the
evidence of his senses, Bethany ex-
amined the precious stones of the cav
ern at first with fear and trembling.
and then with the widest transports OF
ioy. In the narrow rocky seams which
traversed the golden mass OF the cavern
walls he recognized the diamonds
brilliant white. the red flame of the
. ruby, and the flashes of the beautiful
blush green peculiar to the tur
quoise.
, with head in a whirl and heart beat
ing tumuliuouslv. Bethany left the
, gorgeous cavern to tell his comrades oil
his extraordinary discovery. for there
were riches enough there to make them
all Rothschilds. But scarcely had he
: emerged from the cavern when he
found himself enveloped in a sudden
[ and whirling mountain snow-storm.
In vain he tried again to find the cavern
= entrance, and in his search he must
, have wandered far away from the 10
: cality. All night the storm ragged. anc
when the morning broke. cold anc
gray he found he was hopelessly lost
The snow covered the ground TO
, depth of many inches. aud he could
: neither find the cave nor his way bach
! to h companions" To be brief, he
r passed the long winter amid the deef
mountain SHOWS. and when spring CANT
E at last he renewed his search for the
5 cavern Of gold and gems. and searches
r for il till the day he lay down TO die
e two months ago